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BMX Action--November 1984

BMX Action November 1984 and "Capt" Kirk Chrisco with a killer on footed downside table at The U. Another great Bob Osborn cover shot.

I wonder how no one at this time didn't realize how absolutely crazy those CW bars where. And what the Hell was I doing trying bar hops on them?

Holy ring of fire! Gerritt Jan Koornwinder and Hans de Jons won top honnors with this "hot" picture. Those silly Dutch riders both won GT bikes. I guess it is fitting seeing as it says they are both team riders for Kuwahara.

I remember seeing that shot of Kevin Hull blasting over that trailer and thinking that he must have died on the landing. What a great picture. Did GT re-shoot this for another ad later on? And what ever happened to that dork doing the look back from Kansas? What was his name again? Dennis McCoy something or other?

Great spread of RL coming in fast at a Rockville show. Those crowds there were always the biggest.

Possible one of the most famous Tim Judge shots ever. Blasting off the pier behind Mr. Hutch's house. I still want a pair of those Oakley wing arm bands. Someone make it happen.

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Dennis McCoy

This was posted over on the Vintage BMX forums the other day. Pretty cool is a creepy 14 year old stalker kinda way. Just kidding. Cool to see stories like this.

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?showtopic=27047528&hl=

Martin Aparijo

J.T. over at Vintage BMX had posted up some links to some old footage of Martin Aparijo riding in a GT show. Good to see some Martin footage, there is not a lot of it out there.

Direct link. Martin Aparijo Huntington Beach Cali

Our good friend Krt Schmidt has some contest footage of Martin up over on his blog. 

And here are a few more links of some really good old school footage.

1983 MN HARO SHOW

1983 Mike Dominguez Pipeline

1985 Dennis McCoy Venice Beach contest

1985 Ceppie Maes Venice Beach Contest

1985 Maurice Meyer Venice Beach contest

1985 Dizz Hicks Venice Beach and '87 Hit and Run tour

1987 Chris Day Velodrome Contest

Kevin Jones Velodrome contest

1990 Jay Miron JTFreestyle show

  
Thanks to J.T. and Krt for the links.

Colorado 2-HIP King of Vert

Such a rad contest. I wonder if anyone still has their Swatch Watches?